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Germany 1918-1945 @ gcse revision
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A mind map displaying the basic revision for GCSE Modern World history regarding Germany.
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Germany 1918-1945 @ gcse revision
The Weimar Republic 1918 - 1933
Germany had £6.6 reparation to pay
Germany was weak
Kaiser Wilhelm II ruled German Empire as a monarch
Resigned + fled 9th Nov 1918 due to violent unrest
New Government led by Frederich Ebert
Germany became a republic
Set up in Weimar
There was violence in Berlin
New Government was democratic
Bill of rights
Men and women over 20 got the vote
Wasn't invited to peace conference in 1919
Had no say in the TOV
Germany didn't want to but had no choice
The Weimar had problems
Unrest
Hyperinflation
France and Belgium occupied the Ruhr
Biggest industrial part of Germany
Germany's industry was devastated
Germany couldn't pay their reparations
The Government printed more and more money
The value of money dropped dramatically
The middle classes lost out the most because bank saving became useless
The German Mark was worthless
Wages were paid twice a day because the value of the money changed so fast
People burnt their money for warmth
Wheelbarrows were needed to carry money for shopping
Riots and rebellions
Spartacist Revolt
Led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
Kapp Putch - March 1920
Led by Wolfgang Kapp
Took over Berlin to form another Government
Workers went on strike so Kapp gave up
Right-wing
Public discontent
Most were poor and starving
An influenza epidemic killed thousands
Many Germans denied losing the war and blamed the 'November Criminals'
Some blamed losing the war on communists or Jews
Government was weak and ineffective
Nazis
Hitler
Born in Austria 1889
A brave soldier on the Wester front in WW1
charismatic speaker, politically astute
He believed other races were inferior
Anti-Jewish
Herrenvolk - master race, ARYAN
Rise of the nazis
The depression caused massive unemplyment in Germany - over 6million by 1933
The Wemar Government kept changing but couldn't solve the ecomomic problems
Extremist groups became more popular
Like the nazis
Because they had storng leadership
They apealed to small businessmen, the unemployed and the young
Hitler made chancellor in 1933
Largest party in the Reichstag
Hindenburg thought that he could control Hitler
Dirty Tricks
Controlled the new media
Oposition meetings were banned
There was a fire in the Reichstag building and and Hitler blamed communists
He was allowed Emergency decrees
Used the SA to terrorise opponents
Hitler comes to power
Hitler changed the law to keep control
Hitler declared the communist party illegal
He brought in an enabling bill in March 1933
The bill let him govern for four years without parliment
it made all other parties illegal
The Night of the Long Knives
Hitler was worried about opposition within the nazi party
Hitler sent his men to arrest Ernt Rohm and others
Ernst Rohm led the SA
Several hundred people were killed
Germany was now under strong leaders
It was organsied into a number of provinces
Methods of control
Persecution
Propaganda
Censorship
Police State
They saw the church as a threat
Opposition
Munich Putsch
Aka. The Beer Hall Putsch
Contained Government leaders
Led by Hitler
Attempt to overthrow the Weimar Government
He anounced the revolution
Streseman - recovery
Chancellor of a few months then Foreign Minister
He wanted international cooperation
Accepted the Dawes Plan in 1934 and introduced a new German Mark
Brought Germany iut of hyperinflations
Called the Rentenmark
USA lends to Germany, germany repays Britain and France and they repay the USA
Signed the locarno Treaty in October 1925
In 1925 the French and belgium troops left the Ruhr
Won the Bobel Peace Prize
The Western boarders of germany were agreed but not the Western
Germany joined the league of Nations
Berlin became a center for culture
Art
Architecture
Music
Literature
Films
He dies in October 1929 just before the Wall Street Crash
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